TODAY IS NATIONAL AUTHORS DAY!!!
TODAY IS WORLDWIDE PEACE DAY!!!
NOVEMBER IS DOLL COLLECTION MONTH.
BIRTHDAYS: Benvenuto Cellini, 1500; James Renwick (American architect who designed the Smithsonian Institution), 1818; Stephen Crane (author of THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE), 1871; James Kilpatrick, 1920; Betsy Palmer, 1926; Gary Player, 1935; Robert Foxworth, 1941; Fernando Valenzuela, 1960.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
On this date in 1755 an earthquake destroyed Lisbon, Portugal, killing 50,000 people.
On this date in 1765 the Stamp Act went into effect in the American colonies, provoking widespread resistance.
On this date in 1788 the U.S. Continental Congress closed.
On this date in 1800 President John Adams and his wife, Abigail, became the first residents of the White House, which was still unfinished.
On this date in 1864 the U.S. Post Office introduced the money order.
On this date in 1870 the U.S. Weather Bureau made its first weather observation.
On this date in 1879 the U.S. Weather Bureau made its first observations.
On this date in 1913 Notre Dame beat Army 35 to 13 at West Point; popularized the forward pass; and brought team captain Knute Rockne to fame.
On this date in 1918 the Hapsburg monarchy, which had ruled the Austro-Hungarian empire for centuries, came to an end.
On this date in 1939 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer first appeared in a pamphlet given away as a holiday promotion at a Chicago store. Rudy has since gone on to star in numerous specials, books, movies and even the second best-selling song of all time.
On this date in 1950 Charles Cooper of the Boston Celtics became the NBA's first black player.
On this date in 1962 the Soviet Union launched the spacecraft MARS 1 to study the Red Planet.
On this date in 1973 the world's tallest barber pole, a towering 50 feet 3 inches, was put up in Alexander, N.Y.
On this date in 1986 Floyd Flow, 24, appeared in court in Manhattan to answer a weapons charge. He was arrested while there when a bag stuffed with 76 vials of crack was found on his person. He said, "I forgot I had it with me."
MEANINGLESS FACTS: A Miss Toombs and a Miss Coffin both work for the Parklawn Cemetery in Rockville, MD... Khosrev Pasha, who before his death in 1853 had served as Grand Admiral and Grand Vizier of Turkey, never learned to read or write... The Island of the Captains (Kotor, Yugoslavia) was created over a period of centuries by requiring each ship captain entering the harbor to drop at least one rock and a load of soil. A large church now stands on the island. Believe it, or not.
TRIVIA: What boy in the Bible died from sunstroke?
Here is one to think about... "Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them" (Nathaniel Hawthorne).
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Thanks
to LBS: WILL YOU BE HERE ?
1.
Will
you be here the next time we meet?
Will
you bow down at Jesus' dear feet?
Giving
to Him a life that's complete?
One
that, to Him, is true, pure and sweet?
2.
Will
you sing praise and lift up you voice,
Worshiping
Him as we all rejoice?
Will
you stay home and bring to Him shame,
Not
glorifying His precious name?
3.
Will
you give prayer to God, up above,
Deeply
sincere, to show Him your love?
Through
ev'ry day will your light, thus, shine
To glorify
Christ, His son, so divine?
CHO.
Oh,
plan now, today, to give him your all,
Let
Him, your life, completely enthrall.
Help
others answer the sweet gospel call,
Doing
His will, then you'll never fall.
By L.
B. Strawn
January
1, 1986
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I'd Rather See A Sermon
I'd rather
see a sermon than hear one any day;
I'd
rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way.
The
eye's a better pupil and more willing than the ear,
Fine
counsel is confusing, but example's always clear;
And
the best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds,
For
to see good put in action is what everybody needs.
I soon
can learn to do it if you'll let me see it done;
I can
watch your hands in action, but your tongue too fast may run.
And
the lecture you deliver may be very wise and true,
But
I'd rather get my lessons by observing what you do;
For
I might misunderstand you and the high advise you give,
But
there's no misunderstanding how you act and how you live.
When
I see a deed of kindness, I am eager to be kind.
When
a weaker brother stumbles and a strong man stays behind
Just
to see if he can help him, then the wish grows strong in me
To become
as big and thoughtful as I know that friend to be.
And
all travelers can witness that the best of guides today
Is not
the one who tells them, but the one who shows the way.
One good
man teaches many, men believe what they behold;
One
deed of kindness noticed is worth forty that are told.
Who
stands with men of honor learns to hold his honor dear,
For
right living speaks a language which to every one is clear.
Though
an able speaker charms me with his eloquence, I say,
I'd
rather see a sermon than to hear one, any day.
Copyright
© Edgar A. Guest All Rights Reserved
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From HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH EZINE (ed. Joel Hendon to subscribe email him at [email protected]
SONS OF ISHMAEL
Ishmael lived to be 137 years old and he had 12 sons who were "princes according to their nations" (Genesis 25: 16)
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The
sons of Ismael peopled the north and west of the Arabian peninsula, and
eventually formed the chief element of the Arab nation, the wandering Bedouin
tribes. They are now mostly Mohammedans who look to him as their spiritual
father, as the Jews look to Abraham. Their language, which is generally
acknowledged to have been the Arabic community so called, has been adopted
with insignificant exceptions throughout Arabia. (Smith's Bible dictionary)
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Mohammedanism: Mohammedanism is a misnomer and offensive to those following Mohammed's faith. Just as Christianity expresses the worship of Christ, so the name could imply the apotheosis of Mohammad, totally foreign to his followers. To deify him would be contrary to Moslem belief.
Moslems regard Mohammed as a prophet, in fact, as the greatest of all - the "seal of prophecy." Succeeding Abraham, Moses, and Christ, he is said to have surpassed them and no other prophet would follow him. However, he was still only a man.
The correct name of the faith is Islam. An Arab term and concept, it speaks of the faithfuls' complete "submission" to the will of God. Accordingly, its adherents should not be called Mohammedan, but Moslems - derived from Islam.
Taken From: Webster's World Encyclopedia 2001.
Published by Webster Publishing, 2000. Copyright Webster Publishing, and/or contributors.
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ANSWER: The son of the Shunamite woman died of sunstroke (II Kings 4:18-20) -- "And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died."
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Good Morning: It's Friday November 2, 2001!
If you have children around, tell them that today is Cookie Monster's birthday!
Today is Broadcast Journalist Day!
BIRTHDAYS: Daniel Boone, 1734; Marie Antoinette (queen of France), 1755; James K. Polk, 1795; Warren G. Harding, 1865; Burt Lancaster, 1913; Ann Rutherford, 1920; David Stockton, 1943; Alfre Woodard, 1953.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
On this date in 1755 Marie Antoinette, the Austrian princess who married France's crown prince in 1770, was born in Vienna. She became queen in 1774 when her husband took the throne and was guillotined during the French Revolution in 1793. Oddly enough, the "quote" for which she is most famous (Let them eat cake) was a common saying in that day, and had also been attributed to a queen of a previous century.
On this date in 1865 Warren G. Harding was born.
On this date in 1889 North Dakota and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th states, respectively.
On this date in 1920 Warren G. Harding was elected President of the United States.
On this date in 1920 also the Harding-Cox election results were the first ever reported on radio.
On this date in 1936 the British Broadcasting Corporation began regular TV broadcasts in England.
On this date in 1948 Harry Truman confounded pundits and embarrassed newspaper headline writers by defeating Dewey.
On this date in 1959 Jacques Plante became the first goalie to wear a mask during a professional hockey game.
On this date in 1976 Jimmy Carter became the first president elected from the deep south since the 1860's.
On this date in 1983 President Ronald Reagan signed a bill making Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, birthday a national holiday.
On this date in 1986 Hostage David Jacobsen was released by his terrorist hosts in Beirut.
MEANINGLESS FACTS: Lucien B. Maxwell of Cimarron, N.M. owned a ranch of 2,000,000 acres -- as large as the combined areas of Delaware and Rhode Island... The Abors of India (barbers) place a sword under a lock of the customer's hair -- and then whack it with a club! Believe it, or not.
TRIVIA: What 4 adopted children are mentioned in the Bible?
Almost mushy... "Do not think of your faults, still less of others' faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes" (John Ruskin). Have a nice Friday!
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From our archives -- From a Friend:
Redneck Fisherman Love Poem
Collards
is green, my dog's name is Blue
and
I'm so lucky to have a sweet thang like you.
Yore
hair is like cornsilk a-flapping in the breeze.
Softer
than Blue's and without all them fleas.
You
move like the bass, which excite me in May.
You
ain't got no scales but I luv you anyway.
Yo're
as satisfy'n as okry jist a-fry'n in the pan.
Yo're
as fragrant as "snuff" right out of the can.
You
have some'a yore teeth, for which I am proud;
I hold
my head high when we're in a crowd.
On special
occasions, when you shave under yore arms,
well,
I'm in hawg heaven, and awed by yore charms.
Still
them fellers at work, they all want to know,
what
I did to deserve such a purdy, young doe.
Like
a good roll of duct tape yo're there fer yore man,
to patch
up life's troubles and fix what you can.
Yo're
as cute as a junebug a-buzzin' overhead.
You
ain't mean like those far ants I found in my bed.
Cut
from the best cloth like a plaid flannel shirt,
you
spark up my life more than a fresh load of dirt.
When
you hold me real tight like a padded gunrack,
my life
is complete; Ain't nuttin' I lack.
Yore
complexion, it's perfection, like the best vinyl sidin'.
despite
all the years, yore age, it keeps hidin'.
Me 'n'
you's like a Moon Pie with a RC cold drank,
we go
together like a skunk goes with stank.
Some
men, they buy chocolate for Valentine's Day;
They
git it at Wal-Mart, it's romantic that way.
Some
men git roses on that special day
from
the cooler at Kroger. "That's impressive," I say.
Some
men buy fine diamonds from a flea market booth.
"Diamonds
are forever," they explain, suave and couth.
But
for this man, honey, these won't do.
Cause
yor'e too special, you sweet thang you.
I got
you a gift, without taste nor odor,
more
useful than diamonds: IT'S A NEW TROLL'N MOTOR!!
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Thanks to LBS: The Hog Farmers Gambit
It seems to me the answer to all our problems is to have the American farmers produce as many hogs as they possibly can. Millions and millions of surplus hogs. Every empty plane, train, and ship is called into service as pig freighters. Boeing starts converting mothballed aircraft into hog freighters.
Then to answer the call of the radical Islamic factions, we stampede hogs through their country. Millions of them. Like the herds of bison on the American plains, these hogs are roaming everywhere, eating everything edible, fouling everything drinkable. The beautiful part of it is that the Muslims can't eat them, can't touch them or kill them because hogs are unholy.
We need to lubricate every American bullet in lard as a lubricant and anticorrosive and we need to let them know all about it. Let each and every terrorist know that pork products will enter their body if killed or wounded. They believe they cannot go to heaven if any pork enters their body.
Lets take the martyrdom card out of their deck.
Lets see how ambitious their zealots are -- knowing their bodies and souls are nothing but rotting corpses being eaten by American hogs when they die.
No more of this going to heaven for a cause. We stimulate our economy with pork bellies and eliminate the Holy War in the process. It's now just a dirty blood and guts war. We'll see how they laugh and dance then.
Lastly, since Afghanistan offers virtually nothing for anyone as far as resources or geographical advantage... we could dangle a carrot in front of the Mongol hordes... the possibility of giving Afghanistan to China. Hmmm. Do you suppose the thought of a billion wok totin', stir-fried-pork-loving Chinese the Afghani fanatics around to give up their terrorist friends?
Just a farm boy's perspective.
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From a friend: BUSH APOLOGY
Bush Sr. Apologizes To Son For Funding Bin Laden In '80s
MIDLAND, TX Former president George Bush issued an apology to his son Monday for advocating the CIA's mid-'80s funding of Osama bin Laden, who at the time was resisting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
"I'm
sorry, son," Bush told President George W. Bush. "We thought it was a good
idea at the time because he was part of a group fighting communism in Central
Asia. We called them 'freedom fighters' back then. I know it sounds
weird. You sort of had to be there."
Bush
is still deliberating over whether to tell his son about the whole supporting-Saddam
Hussein-against-Iran thing.
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ANSWER: The 4 adopted children mentioned are as follows -- a. Manasseh and Ephraim were adopted by Jacob, Genesis 48:1-5; b. Moses was adopted by Pharaoh's daughter, Exodus 2:10; c. Esther was adopted by Mordecai, Esther 2:7.
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